RED NOSE MASK
and
CLOWN STATE
Study and practice the essence of the Red Nose
with a focus on the roots of physical comedy
14 Weeks of Consistent Training!
September 15th through December 15th 2010
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Deeply rooted in physical theatre-based training, this course proposes an intensive training in the Red Nose Mask (Clown State), as a specific theatre style.
Poetic, comical and very personal, the clown is not a character but a state-of-being, in which the performers consciously explore their personal weaknesses, contradictions and naivety, transforming them into the ‘poetry of the ridiculous’.
The clown at this profoundly fundamental level is a state-of-being ‘without doing’, whereby letting go of all intentions, touches the richness of ‘emptiness’ (le bide), as a shared experience of individuality and unique folly.
Regardless of each participant's personal artistic journey, this experience with the Clown State is fundamental because it informs participants with an unforgettably profound state of freedom and authenticity in front of an audience.
.... participants must accept to explore the vulnerability that the smallest mask in the world brings out... stripped bare for all to see!
Work begins with the red nose as mask, exploring ‘neutrality’ to the comic state that leads to a shared experience of state-of-being with the self and the audience; within this journey is an examination of clown relations: hierarchy, families, levels of intelligence, the research on the clown body, voice, costume, as well as exploration of unique specialty skills with objects, music and singing, literature, dance, juggling and acrobatics; all with the aim to devise original clown numbers.
Fundamental theatre skills explored: movement technique and analysis, ‘designed-improvisational’ performance, writing, directing, dynamics of the ensemble and understanding transposition for the stage, street or ring.
There will also be basic, introductory mask work for the awareness of articulation and amplification of movement for theatre play.
SCHEDULE: Wednesday - 10am to 1pm
Sept.15-22-29th
Oct. 6-13-20-27th
Nov. 3-10-17-24th
Dec. 1-8-15th
LOCATION
Chicago - TBD
$ 40 each week (14 weeks total)
TO REGISTER
If you are ready to register, e-mail Amrita: registration@paolacoletto.com
